Once you've given The Fat Lady the correct password, you'll enter the Gryffindor common room. On one side of the room is the game corner. Where you can play wizard's chess, board games, and even a muggle game console to entertainment. At the back of the room are two spiral staircases leading to the dormitories: boys to the left, girls to the right. Two lion statues sit on either side of each staircase. Don't forget to give them a pat before heading to bed; you're sure to get a roar or a purr in return!

The circular space is decorated in the signature Gryffindor colors of scarlet and gold, and there are plenty of plush armchairs, sofas, and beanbags for lounging. The room's most prominent feature is a fireplace; over its mantel hangs a portrait of a lion. Please do not levitate your housemates or yourselves over the mantel, no matter how tempting it is for tricks. An anti-magic barrier will prevent that.

A large portrait of the house's founder Godric Gryffindor adorns the back wall. Several other tapestries and paintings depicting animals and famous Gryffindor alumni decorate the walls - who knows? You may even find some of the famous Harry Potter himself! There are also a few tables in quieter spaces where you can study, read, or write to your heart's content. There's also a plaque and a bulletin board on one side of the room. Be sure to read up on important announcements! Want to make a name for yourself? Leave your mark here for others to see and get to know you.

This room is your home away from home during your time here at Hogwarts. So, relax, and take a load off!

With Halloween around the corner (and her birthday not far after that!!), Vera was feeling the spirit the season and had taken it upon herself to do some decoration in the lions common room. Her intention was to sneak in some Charms and Transfiguration practice too by using the different spells they'd been learning to apply to her decorating, but she also found she just kind of liked to do things the old fashioned way so she'd yet to start that practice.

With a box opened and sitting on the couch, she’d wrapped a strand of a skull garland loosely around her shoulders as she one of the bookcases in order to drape it over some of the books available. She was reaaaaally hoping Professor Feirgrund was not about to be doing any type of rounds, as she wasn't sure this would have been entirely smiled upon (the climbing, she figured he could appreciate the decor) and she still had yet to test the limits of how well received her early birthday present from Papa would be, a moving tattoo of a basilisk climbing around her calf which was currently left, the witch having gone for ankle socks today instead of her usual long ones to keep it hidden.

Reaaaaaching up high above where she was currently on the shelf, she draped it over a book before the whole garland started to slip down towards the ground. ”Oh shoot!”

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Originally Posted by Chelliephone

With Halloween around the corner (and her birthday not far after that!!), Vera was feeling the spirit the season and had taken it upon herself to do some decoration in the lions common room. Her intention was to sneak in some Charms and Transfiguration practice too by using the different spells they'd been learning to apply to her decorating, but she also found she just kind of liked to do things the old fashioned way so she'd yet to start that practice.

With a box opened and sitting on the couch, she’d wrapped a strand of a skull garland loosely around her shoulders as she one of the bookcases in order to drape it over some of the books available. She was reaaaaally hoping Professor Feirgrund was not about to be doing any type of rounds, as she wasn't sure this would have been entirely smiled upon (the climbing, she figured he could appreciate the decor) and she still had yet to test the limits of how well received her early birthday present from Papa would be, a moving tattoo of a basilisk climbing around her calf which was currently left, the witch having gone for ankle socks today instead of her usual long ones to keep it hidden.

Reaaaaaching up high above where she was currently on the shelf, she draped it over a book before the whole garland started to slip down towards the ground. ”Oh shoot!”

Nadia had spent the morning doing some studying in the library, having been reminded at breakfast that they had a potions exam coming up. It might not be a particular strong suit of hers, but she wasn’t about to give it her best for her dad’s sake. Once she was satisfied she had a good grasp on what they might be tested on, the fourth year returned to the Gryffindor tower with the thought of changing to head out for some flying.

As she entered the common room through the portrait hole, the last thing she expected to see was her friend climbing the bookcases but before she could even say anything smart in greeting, the mishap happened. “Wingardium Leviosa,” she cast on the falling garland once her wand was out, almost without thinking, her first thought having been that Vera herself had falling and needed assistance. But the decorations had become her target, the object in question now floating at least near her fellow Gryffindor so she could grab it back to fix where it had slipped from.

“I wonder if a broom might be a better thing to be climbing on for that task.” Or any of the other girl's plans, the box on the couch more readily noticable.

It was very, very lucky for the sixth year that it was only the garland falling and not herself. Not that she was high up enough to do any real damage to herself, but she certainly could have ended up with one heck of a bruise. But luckily for her, she was aware of how much she hated the purply color on her skin and the annoyance of the pain, so she had kept a firm grip on the bookcase in front of her. Even going so far as to charm one of her gloves to stick better to the surface. See? Sometimes she could use her head!

At the sound of the charm, Ve looked a little further over her shoulder as she plucked the now floating garland from the air so she could go back to draping it. Catching the familiar face of Nadia, she gave a smile and a nod of her head in hello. She would have waved but… either the garland or her safety would have been the sacrifice for it. “Hi Nads! Thanks for the assist.” Finishing up her work with the skulls, Vera clamored back down the book case, jumping back down onto the ground before peeling off her charmed glove and dusting off some residual dirt from her clothes. “A broom is an excellent idea, and sounds so much more fun! But I don’t know… somehow it seems more like a surefire way to get our Head of House’s attention. I can’t imagine flying around the common room is smiled upon.” Danger and all that, blah blah.

Moving to the couch to rifle through the box for something else to decorate with, she grinned back at the fourth year. “What’re you up to??”

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Originally Posted by Chelliephone

It was very, very lucky for the sixth year that it was only the garland falling and not herself. Not that she was high up enough to do any real damage to herself, but she certainly could have ended up with one heck of a bruise. But luckily for her, she was aware of how much she hated the purply color on her skin and the annoyance of the pain, so she had kept a firm grip on the bookcase in front of her. Even going so far as to charm one of her gloves to stick better to the surface. See? Sometimes she could use her head!

At the sound of the charm, Ve looked a little further over her shoulder as she plucked the now floating garland from the air so she could go back to draping it. Catching the familiar face of Nadia, she gave a smile and a nod of her head in hello. She would have waved but… either the garland or her safety would have been the sacrifice for it. “Hi Nads! Thanks for the assist.” Finishing up her work with the skulls, Vera clamored back down the book case, jumping back down onto the ground before peeling off her charmed glove and dusting off some residual dirt from her clothes. “A broom is an excellent idea, and sounds so much more fun! But I don’t know… somehow it seems more like a surefire way to get our Head of House’s attention. I can’t imagine flying around the common room is smiled upon.” Danger and all that, blah blah.

Moving to the couch to rifle through the box for something else to decorate with, she grinned back at the fourth year. “What’re you up to??”

Nadia nodded in return accepting the precarious position her friend was currently in as reasoning against anything else. You’re welcome.” She didn’t need other assistance like getting down herself, no? Her silent thoughts were answered by Vera taking care of the garland and returning to the floor herself. Oh good. “True that…” And since one couldn’t be sure yet if said head of house knew of the intended decorating, you wouldn’t want to bring unwanted attention. It wasn’t like her Aunt Hads was still the person in question that could be persuaded to forgive her. But that didn’t stop Nadia from glancing at the stairwell that led to both their dorms like she was debating if it was still worth it. She had been intending to go flying on her broom anyway after all.

“In between ideas at the moment,” she answered with a one-armed shrug. Sure, she had been thinking of flying without the connection to any decorating before finding her friend, but maybe there was something more fun and fitting to get involved in. “Need another set of hands?” she asked as she set her stuff down on a free table. You know, to avoid any more mishaps by stepping in in the beginning to help out with the change in décor rather than having to assist after the fact. Besides Nadia was all for giving the common room a good spruce up, no matter how temporary it might be.

Listen, Vera was always down for an adventure and testing the limits. So while she perhaps had chosen to not go for her broom herself, if Nadia still wanted to give it a go and risk the potential ire of Professor Feirgrund, Vera was more than happy to take that fall with her in favor of testing the limits. Especially when it meant they could maybe get detention together which always made the experience far more fun and less of a punishment that it was intended to be. But sh, don't tell the Professor's that. There was perhaps not THAT many more things she had that needed to be hung anymore, but didn't that just make the risk a little less?

"Oh? What are the selections? I think I've got a knut in my bag if you want to flip to decide!" Ve chirped brightly, returning to the box to rummage through it for some paper skulls and dismembered zombie fingers to hide amongst the books. "I'd love some help if you want! Even if you didn't want to put anything up, the company would still be appreciated." She was a social being by nature. Pulling out a big sticker of a frankenstein head, she tossed it like a frisbee towards the younger Gryffindor. "Want to find a place for that?"

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Originally Posted by Chelliephone

Listen, Vera was always down for an adventure and testing the limits. So while she perhaps had chosen to not go for her broom herself, if Nadia still wanted to give it a go and risk the potential ire of Professor Feirgrund, Vera was more than happy to take that fall with her in favor of testing the limits. Especially when it meant they could maybe get detention together which always made the experience far more fun and less of a punishment that it was intended to be. But sh, don't tell the Professor's that. There was perhaps not THAT many more things she had that needed to be hung anymore, but didn't that just make the risk a little less?

"Oh? What are the selections? I think I've got a knut in my bag if you want to flip to decide!" Ve chirped brightly, returning to the box to rummage through it for some paper skulls and dismembered zombie fingers to hide amongst the books. "I'd love some help if you want! Even if you didn't want to put anything up, the company would still be appreciated." She was a social being by nature. Pulling out a big sticker of a frankenstein head, she tossed it like a frisbee towards the younger Gryffindor. "Want to find a place for that?"

A knut for her thoughts?

“Nah…” Nadia said with a shake of her head before teasing. “No heavy decision-making tools needed.” No flipping of coins or rolling of dice required to decide if she was going flying or not. Hence part of the reason the use of her broom was on her mind at the earlier moment. Contrary to what some friends and family thought, she could spend perfectly fine lengths of time on solid ground since joining the U-17 team thank you very much. And company she could definitely supply as the extrovert she was. Catching the flying décor with ease, the younger girl identified what it was exactly.

“Your wish is my command,” she remarked, her gaze flicking around the scarlet and gold room for ideas. Absently moving around and holding it up in front of her with eyes narrowed while trying to visualize, her eyebrow raising as a thought came to mind while approaching the staircase leading to the boys dorms. “How about hanging it someplace near here to take the boys off guard while sleepy?” she mused, holding it up while glancing back at Vera were her opinion.

“Excellent. Just know I wouldn’t hesitate to pull out the big spells for you.” She replied with mock seriousness, before giggles escaped once again from Vera. All teasing aside though, knuts and sickles WERE her preferred method of choices. In fact, she was pretty certain that’s how she was going to choose what was after Hogwarts between the three ideas she’d been mulling around. Y’know, it would have nothing to do with which was realistic or which she even had the means for. It would entirely boil down to the coin.

More items were pulled from her box which Vera began to haphazardly throw about as Nadia had a far more discerning eye with her item. She’d just thrown out a couple of fake insects, charmed to move about when someone drew near, when she heard the question and turned to observe. “I do love the idea of endlessly pranking them. Let’s put it close to the bottom though so they don’t slip down all those stairs.” She preferred her boyfriend and friends without broken necks.